Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen & Stechen: Die Todesqualle oder Wer flüstert, der lügt #2 – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen & Stechen:
Die Todesqualle oder Wer flüstert, der lügt #2
2016 was a bad year even for the expelled Prince. Seduced by the beauty of the Princess he accepted her terrible challenge. Just once the prince looked too deep into the well of the world, into the labyrinth of mystery. This labyrinth can only be traversed through a duel, a bitter and erotic battle. HAUEN•UND•STECHEN opens the gates to the biggest secrets with the second part of their trilogy Die Todesqualle oder wer flüster, der lügt. No one is taking a liberal nap here!
CONCEPT Franziska Kronfoth, Julia Lwowski, Roman Lemberg, Maria Buzhor DIRECTION Franziska Kronfoth MUSICAL DIRECTION, PIANO Roman Lemberg COMPOSITION, VIOLA Louis Bona CELLOJoseph Bona DRAMATURGY Maria Buzhor STAGE DESIGN Hsuan Huang COSTUM DESIGN Lea Søvsø VIDEOS Martin Mallon MAKE-UP Valeria Popov ACTING Recardo Koppe, Gina-Lisa Maiwald SOPRANO Vera Maria Kremers MUSIC Joseph Bona, Louis Bona PERFORMANCE Julia Lwowski ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Wieland Lemke ASSISTANT STAGE DESIGNER Sanghwa Park DOCUMENTATION PHOTO Ioni Laibarös DOCUMENTATION VIDEO Martin Mallon, Sonya Bobrik
Produced by the Musiktheaterkollektiv HAUEN•UND•STECHEN in Coproduction with SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by Fonds Doppelpass der Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Media partner: taz. die tageszeitung
Photo © Thilo Mössner
Hauen & Stechen was founded as a laboratory for moving, cross-border, and cross-genre musical theater. It initially worked in the cellars of Galerina Steiner, where the collective attracted attention with a special series of performances: a staging course was performed for different groups on one evening until they were completely exhausted. Here it developed its style, which blends influences from opera, visual arts and film with performative elements to create an idiosyncratic and opulent theatrical language. The pieces deliberately leave space for impulses and interaction with the audience and take place in an intensely intimate setting.